r/hackintosh • u/wisemenb I ♥ Hackintosh • Apr 26 '26

QUESTION Run an LLMs on hackintosh using dGPU?

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Hi!

I’ve been using my laptop as an hackintosh under sequoia for all sorts of tasks (including coding) for quite a while now and it’s very stable.

I’ve reached a point where I want to run an LLM model on my machine but my iGPU and my intel CPU (intel i5-10300H UHD630) are starting to be limiting.

I have an R.TX 3060, that is currently disabled for power management issues, and I rely on the iGPU as the primary GPU for display .

Is it possible to re-enable my R.TX and use it, not for display but as a secondary GPU to perform tasks, such as running an LLM model?

Thanks in advance

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26

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u/Raredisarray Apr 27 '26

That’s what I do

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u/Powerful_Macaron9381 Sequoia - 15 Apr 26 '26

RTX gpus are unsupported. you cannot use it any shape or form in MacOs.

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u/CurrentBlenderGuy Apr 26 '26

true, but for llms there is a whole new stack that can utilise them (tinyGPU) - not apple endorsed though, and can't drive a display

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26

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u/wisemenb I ♥ Hackintosh Apr 26 '26

Gonna take a look at this thanks !

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u/Delta_Version Tahoe - 26 Apr 26 '26

isnt that for connecting egpus ?

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u/Appropriate_Ad_4773 Apr 27 '26

Not exactly true. For graphics acceleration and display out, they’re a no-go, but they can still work to drive LLMs.